seventh

seventh
    adj 1: coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in
           position [syn: {seventh}, {7th}]
    n 1: position seven in a countable series of things
    2: one part in seven equal parts [syn: {one-seventh}, {seventh}]
    3: the musical interval between one note and another seven notes
       away from it
    

Seventh \Sev"enth\, a. [From {Seven}: cf. AS. seofo[eth]a.]
   1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
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            On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had
            made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
            work which he had made.               --Gen. ii. 2.
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   2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which
      anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
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   {Seventh day}, the seventh day of the week; Saturday.

   {Seventh-day Baptists}. See under {Baptist}.
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Seventh \Sev"enth\, n.
   1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six
      others.
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   2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven
      equal parts into which anything is divided.
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   3. (Mus.)
      (a) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the
          scale.
      (b) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh
          whether major, minor, or diminished.
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "seventh":
      consecutive intervals, degree, diapason, diatessaron,
      diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, enharmonic diesis,
      enharmonic interval, fifth, fourth, half step, halftone, heptadic,
      heptagonal, heptahedral, heptamerous, heptangular, interval,
      less semitone, melodic interval, note, octave, parallel octaves,
      second, semitone, septempartite, septenary, septimal, septuple,
      sevenfold, sixth, step, third, tone, unison interval, whole step